Armina Howada Mussa

ARTIST CV

01. Education 
Uzumako Ceramic Art School, Tokyo, Japan (2016) — One-month intensive ceramics study

Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA (2019) — Ceramics 


Solo Exhibitions 

—Hannah Traore Gallery (2026, Upcoming)


Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
 ︎︎︎  Earthly Pleasures at The Deli Gallery, New York, NY 07.28.23 - 08.18.23


2023
︎︎︎  “Armina Howada Mussa, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Jennifer Packer, Jem Perucchini, Anika Roach, Lynette Yiadom- Boakye’ at Corvi-Mora, London, UK, 01.20.23 - 02.25.23

2023
︎︎︎ Future Ancestors curated by Aisha Harrison, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore MD

2018
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Round 48: Beyond Social Practice curated by Ryan Dennis, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX

2014
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Mark of The Feminine curated by Regina Basha, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, Lupin Foundation Gallery, New Orleans, LA

Selected Projects

—Curator, BIWA Film Program
︎︎︎ Sculpting Time: A Cinematic Exploration of Form, The Parkway Theater, Baltimore, MD (August 2025)



Residencies


02. Saint Heron Ceramic Residency, Women In Motion, Kering, Brooklyn NY (2022)

03. Project Row Houses, Houston, TX (2018)

Lectures.              

04. IKEA Democratic Design Days, Press interview, Älmhult, Sweden (2019)


05. Creativity & Connections: How Tech & Storytelling Make Meaning lecture, Mercedes-Benz Convention x SXSW, Stockholm, Sweden (2019)


Print & Press

06. Jareh Das/ Black Clay: Black Women, Ceramics and Contemporary Art publication, Yale University Press (2027, Upcoming)

07. BmoreArt: "Sculpting Time, A Cinematic Exploration of Form," curated by Armina Howada Mussa (2025)

08.  Artnet News: A Show at Unit London Presents New Approaches to Ceramics and Textiles, Reassessing What Is Considered ‘Women’s Work’, The Mark of Psychic Wounds (2020) in the exhibition Within + Without at Unit London (2023)

09.  bookart.ca + The Underground Museum: Unknown, Wyoming by Armina Mussa, Photobook (2017)